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OTHO THE GREAT.
For loving Conrad, see you fawn on him.
Good even!
Good even!
Auranthe. You'll be seen!
Albert.See the coast clear then.
Auranthe (as he goes). Remorseless Albert! cruel, cruel wretch!
[She lets him out.
[She lets him out.
Conrad. So, we must lick the dust?
Auranthe.I follow him.
Conrad. How? Where? The plan of your escape?
Auranthe.He waits
For me with horses by the forest-side,
Northward.
For me with horses by the forest-side,
Northward.
Conrad. Good, good; he dies. You go, say you?
Auranthe. Perforce.
Conrad. Be speedy darkness! Till that comes,
[Exit.Fiends keep you company!
[Exit.Fiends keep you company!
Auranthe.And you! And you!
[Retires to an inner apartment.And all men! Vanish!
[Retires to an inner apartment.And all men! Vanish!
Scene II.—An Apartment in the Castle.
Enter Ludolph and Page.
Page. Still very sick, my lord; but now I went,
And there her women, in a mournful throng,
Stood in the passage whispering; if any
Moved, 'twas with careful steps, and hush'd as death
They bade me stop.
And there her women, in a mournful throng,
Stood in the passage whispering; if any
Moved, 'twas with careful steps, and hush'd as death
They bade me stop.
Ludolph. Good fellow, once again
Make soft inquiry; pr'ythee, be not stay'd
Make soft inquiry; pr'ythee, be not stay'd
